We love our classic Philadelphia home, a two-story row house called a workingman’s house, with its 21” wide staircase and oven that requires nonstandard cookie sheets. Its petite proportions are ours alone and inspire sewing and painting projects, small-scale game nights, and creativity in a quiet home office. It fits everything we need right now and leaves just enough room for improvements (which we enthusiastically tackle on the weekends, thanks to an accommodating landlord).